#CBC699#CBC699

#CBC699 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.060 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC699
RGB	rgb(203, 198, 153)
HSL	hsl(54, 32%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 24.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -5.45, 23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 23.87, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.0129 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.06 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.5725, 55.3854, 38.1572)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC699 #999ECB

analogous

#CBAD99 #CBC699 #B7CB99

triadic

#CBC699 #99CBC6 #C699CB

tetradic

#CBC699 #99CBAD #999ECB #CB99B7

square

#CBC699 #99CBAD #999ECB #CB99B7

split-complementary

#CBC699 #99B7CB #AD99CB

monochromatic

#9B934F #B6AF70 #CBC699 #E0DDC2 #F4F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CBC699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#CBC699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC699

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC699	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 198, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.060 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd7b7',
    500: '#cbc699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc699;
$custom-light: #dbd7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81931,
    "c": 0.06028,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC699

secondary

#686EA0

accent

#46AB3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC699

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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